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WMS isn't about vector data or fast rendering. For fast rendering you need good software like Mapnik http://mapnik.org http://mapnik.org , Everyblock uses it.
by cousin_it 19y ago
WMS isn't about vector data or fast rendering. For fast rendering you need good software like Mapnik http://mapnik.org http://mapnik.org , Everyblock uses it.
For building actual web maps I'd say WMS is irrelevant: is anybody really clever enough to write a JS slippy map, but too dumb to think up a tile URL scheme? OpenStreetMap http://openstreetmap.org http://openstreetmap.org went with z/x/y, and nobody needs anything more complex.